Tifinagh

Berber Script

Tamazight

Tamazight consonants65
labial alveolar alveolar
emphatic		 palatal velar uvular laryngeal
voiced stop ⴱ ⟨b⟩ /b/ ⴷ ⟨d⟩ /d/ ⴹ ⟨ḍ⟩ /dˤ/ (ⴵ ⟨ǧ⟩ /dʒ/) ⴳ ⟨g⟩ /g/
spirant (ⴲ ⟨ḇ⟩ /ꞵ/) (ⴸ ⟨ḏ⟩ /ð/) (ⴺ ⟨ḍ̱⟩ /ðˤ/) (ⴴ ⟨g̱⟩ /ʝ/)
fricative (ⵠ ⟨v⟩ /v/) ⵣ ⟨z⟩ /z/ ⵥ ⟨ẓ⟩ /zˤ/ ⵊ ⟨j⟩ /ʒ/ ⵖ ⟨ɣ⟩ /ʁ/ ⵄ ⟨ɛ⟩ /ʕ/
voiceless stop (ⵒ ⟨p⟩ /p/) ⵜ ⟨t⟩ /t/ ⵟ ⟨ṭ⟩ /tˤ/ (ⵞ ⟨č⟩ /tʃ/) ⴽ ⟨k⟩ /k/ ⵇ ⟨q⟩ /q/
spirant (ⵝ ⟨ṯ⟩ /θ/) (ⴿ ⟨ḵ⟩ /ç/)
fricative ⴼ ⟨f⟩ /f/ ⵙ ⟨s⟩ /s/ ⵚ ⟨ṣ⟩ /sˤ/ ⵛ ⟨c⟩ /ʃ/ ⵅ ⟨x⟩ /ꭓ/ ⵃ ⟨ḥ⟩ /ħ/
trill ⵔ ⟨r⟩ /r/ ⵕ ⟨ṛ⟩ /rˤ/
approximant ⵡ ⟨w⟩ /w/ ⵍ ⟨l⟩ /l/ ⵢ ⟨y⟩ /j/ ⵀ ⟨h⟩ /h/
nasal ⵎ ⟨m⟩ /m/ ⵏ ⟨n⟩ /n/

Tamazight vowels6
front back
high ⵉ ⟨i⟩ /i/ ⵓ ⟨u⟩ /u/
mid ⴻ ⟨e⟩ /ə/
low ⴰ ⟨a⟩ /a/

Tamazight letters
letter IRCAM
6		 Inalco
5		 ALA-LC
8.1		 BGN/
PCGN
9.1		 IPA
6
ⴰ a a a a /a/
ⴱ b b b b /b/
ⴲ (ḇ) b ḇ /ꞵ/
ⴳ g g g g /g/
ⴴ (g̱) g g̱ /ʝ/
ⴵ (dj) ǧ ğ ǧ /dʒ/
ⴷ d d d d /d/
ⴸ (ḏ) d ḏ /ð/
ⴹ ḍ ḍ ḍ ḍ /dˤ/
ⴺ (ḍ̱) ḍ ḍ̱ /ðˤ/
ⴻ e e e e /ə/
ⴼ f f f f /f/
ⴽ k k k k /k/
ⴿ (ḵ) k ḵ /ç/
ⵀ h h h h /h/
ⵃ ḥ ḥ ḥ ḥ /ħ/
ⵄ ɛ ɛ ɛ ‘ /ʕ/
ⵅ x x x x /ꭓ/
ⵇ q q q q /q/
ⵉ i i i i /i/
ⵊ j j j j /ʒ/
ⵍ l l l l /l/
ⵎ m m m m /m/
ⵏ n n n n /n/
ⵓ u u u u /u/
ⵔ r r r r /r/
ⵕ ṛ ṛ ṛ ṛ /rˤ/
ⵖ ɣ ɣ ɣ gh /ʁ/
ⵙ s s s s /s/
ⵚ ṣ ṣ ṣ ṣ /sˤ/
ⵛ c c c ch /ʃ/
ⵜ t t t t /t/
ⵝ (ṯ) t ṯ /θ/
ⵞ (tc) č č /tʃ/
ⵟ ṭ ṭ ṭ ṭ /tˤ/
ⵠ (v) v /v/
ⵡ w w w w /w/
ⵢ y y y y /j/
ⵣ z z z z /z/
ⵥ ẓ ẓ ẓ ẓ /zˤ/
ⵯ ʷ (˚) ˚ ʷ /ʷ/
ⵒ (p) p /p/

References

  1. Unicode Character Code Charts. unicode.org.
    1. “Tifinagh.” unicode.org.
  2. WG2 Document Registry, Unicode® Technical Committee Document Registry, unicode.org, unicode.org.
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    3. Madi Mohammed. Revised Proposal for encoding the Tifinagh Scripts in the UCS. Work in progress.
      1. 2003-02-07, L2/03-083, unicode.org.
      2. Tifinagh Background Info: Discussion. 2003-02-28, L2/03-076, unicode.org.
      3. Tifinagh Background Info: Examples. 2003-02-28, L2/03-077, unicode.org.
      4. Tifinagh Background Info: Photographs. 2003-02-28, L2/03-078, unicode.org.
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    4. Andrew Savage. Tifinagh Unicode Propositions. 2003-05-02, L2/03-143, unicode.org.
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      1. 2004-02-01, L2/04-061, unicode.org.
      2. 2004-04-27, N2739, L2/04-142, unicode.org.
      3. 2004-06-06, N2739R, L2/04-142R, unicode.org, unicode.org.
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      6. Modifications to Tifinagh character names. 2004-11-29, N2862, unicode.org.
    7. Lorna A. Priest, Jon Coblentz, Andrew Savage. Proposal to encode additional Tifinagh characters.
      1. 2008-05-05, L2/08-198, unicode.org.
      2. 2008-05-13, L2/08-198R, unicode.org.
      3. 2008-07-11, N3482, L2/08-198R2, unicode.org, unicode.org.
    8. Paul Anderson. Proposal to add two Tifinagh characters for vowels in Tuareg language variants.
      1. 2010-04-15, L2/10-096, unicode.org.
      2. Lorna A. Priest, Jon Coblentz. Letter in support. 2010-04-27, L2/10-147, unicode.org.
      3. 2010-07-30, N3870, L2/10-270, unicode.org, unicode.org.
    9. Paul Anderson. Evolution of the Tifinagh script in Unicode.
      1. 2010-04-07, L2/10-113, unicode.org.
      2. 2010-08-02, L2/10-278, unicode.org.
      3. Deborah Anderson. Tifinagh Summary Document. 2010-08-08, L2/10-313, unicode.org.
  3. The Unicode® Standard: Version 16.0 – Core Specification. 2024-09-10, unicode.org.
    1. “Tifinagh.” unicode.org.
  4. M. O’Connor. “The Berber Scripts.” The World’s Writing Systems, Edited by Peter T. Daniels and William Bright, Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 112–116, openlibrary.org.
  5. Propositions pour la notation usuelle à base latine du berbère. Centre de Recherche Berbere, Inalco, Paris, July 1996, centrederechercheberbere.fr, doi.org.
  6. Initiation à la langue amazighe. Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, Rabat, 2004, ircam.ma.
  7. Ramada Elghamis. Le tifinagh au Niger contemporain: Étude sur l’écriture indigène des Touaregs. [Doctoral Thesis], Universiteit Leiden, 2011-02-23, handle.net.
  8. ALA-LC Romanization Tables. American Library Association, Library of Congress, loc.gov.
    1. “Moroccan Tamazight.” 2012, loc.gov.
    2. “Tamashek.” 2013, loc.gov.
  9. BGN/PCGN Romanization Systems. U.S. Board on Geographic Names, U.K. Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, gov.uk.
    1. “Romanization of Neo-Tifinagh: BGN/PCGN 2022 System.” November 2022, service.gov.uk.
  10. Romanization systems used in the Place Names Database (KNAB). Institute of the Estonian Language, eki.ee.
    1. “Tamazight.” 2012-10-06, eki.ee.
    2. “Tamasheq.” 2012-10-06, eki.ee.
  11. Tifinagh (Berber) [Tfng]. ScriptSource, SIL International, scriptsource.org.
  12. Fonts, SIL International, sil.org, github.com.
    1. Akatab. sil.org, github.com.
    2. Tagmukay. sil.org, github.com.
  13. Noto Tifinagh. Google, github.com.